Karnataka registers sixth Covid-19 fatality

Bengaluru, April 9 Karnataka has recorded its sixth death owing to Covid-19, even as positive cases rose by 10 to 191, an official said on Thursday.

"Till date, 191 Covid positive cases have been confirmed. This includes six deaths and 28 discharges," said a health official.

The official details pertaining to the sixth Covid victim such as age, place, gender and place of death are yet to emerge.

"The official details will be shared in the evening," a health official told IANS.

In two days' time, this is the second Covid death in the state, following a 65-year-old man's death on Tuesday, fifth victim, from Kalaburagi.

Between Wednesday 5 p.m. and Thursday noon, 10 new Covid positive cases surfaced in Karnataka.